{"id":348169,"date":"2026-05-31T21:00:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T20:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/lead-rescue-diver-its-50-50-whether-missing-men-are-still-in-laos-cave-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T21:00:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T20:00:37","slug":"lead-rescue-diver-its-50-50-whether-missing-men-are-still-in-laos-cave-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/lead-rescue-diver-its-50-50-whether-missing-men-are-still-in-laos-cave-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Lead rescue diver: It&#8217;s 50\u201350 whether missing men are still in Laos cave | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/9iemVLliBHw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Lead rescue diver: It's 50\u201350 whether missing men are still in Laos cave | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9iemVLliBHw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Five men have now escaped from a flooded cave in Laos after spending more than 11 days trapped underground. But the rescue operation is not over. Two men remain unaccounted for, and rescuers are still trying to determine whether they are trapped deeper inside the cave system or never made it there at all.<br \/>\nFinnish cave diver Mikko Paasi, one of the leaders of the international rescue operation, joins DW News from the rescue base camp in Laos. He explains why rescuers believe there is now a fifty-fifty chance that the missing men remain inside the cave, and why teams are continuing to pump water from the system despite heavy rain.<br \/>\nPaasi described conditions inside the cave as \u201cextremely claustrophobic and unforgiving,\u201d adding that after 30 years of cave diving, this was \u201cone of the worst places I\u2019ve ever been\u2014and it makes me want to stop dry caving completely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>#caverescue #laos #diving #dwcurrentaffairs  <\/p>\n<p>00:00 Search continues for two missing men<br \/>\n00:41 Lead diver Mikko Paasi speaks to DW News<br \/>\n01:46 Why four survivors escaped on their own<br \/>\n03:59 Conditions inside the flooded cave<br \/>\n06:06 Are two people still missing?<br \/>\n07:36 Why rescuers say it&#8217;s fifty-fifty<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five men have now escaped from a flooded cave in Laos after spending more than 11 days trapped underground. But the rescue operation is not over. Two men remain unaccounted for, and rescuers are still trying to determine whether they are trapped deeper inside the cave system or never made it there at all. 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